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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back near Chatsworth Village, CT. The route reaches New Gate Pond at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 285 ft8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.93175, -72.78978
Nearest town Chatsworth Village, CT

Directions

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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

7.9 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 149–284 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.93175, -72.78978

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading E.
  4. 2.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miReach New Gate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 1.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 2.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

80% paved10% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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